{"id":687,"date":"2010-08-17T21:37:30","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T02:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/?p=687"},"modified":"2010-08-17T21:50:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T02:50:16","slug":"another-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/another-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Another perspective…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Caleb is neglecting his blog, I’ve decided to update you all. \u00a0Now that all the framing is finally finished, (Caleb finished it about a week ago! yay!) we’ve moved on to plumbing. \u00a0Our contractor friend, has graciously recruited one of his employees to come over and guide Caleb through all the specifics of plumbing. \u00a0So, bright and early this morning, Caleb, Joe, Spencer and David were eagerly waiting for el jefe <\/em>to arrive and start the task at hand. \u00a0I thought I would be able to go over and use the toilet by the end of the day….. even though that wasn’t possible, they still got A LOT done today! \u00a0I LOVE PRODUCTIVE DAYS!!!! \u00a0Our friend will be back Saturday to most likely finish the job, and even mud in our showers! \u00a0Also happening on Saturday: ELECTRICITY!!! \u00a0Our electrician friend, Terry, is supposed to be coming out and bringing “his guys” and claims that they can finish it all in ONE DAY. \u00a0That sounds like a plan to me! \u00a0Caleb says I shouldn’t talk about things that are “supposed” to happen, and to just stick to the things that “have” happened just in case those things don’t play out… but I get excited when I hear plans! \u00a0Will we have electricity this weekend? We shall see….<\/p>\n

Now, on to things I do know about..My growing abdomen. \u00a0Our little Ephraim is due to arrive on September 19th, roughly 4 and half weeks from now. \u00a0From the time I was about 5, I have dreamt about having babies. \u00a0Who would the daddy be? \u00a0Would I have a boy or a girl? \u00a0How would I handle pregnancy? \u00a0Where would we live? \u00a0What would my house be like? \u00a0What would the nursery look like? \u00a0Well…. now I can answer these questions. \u00a0I know the daddy; I’m having a boy; I handle pregnancy fairly well; We live in Texas; My house……. is…… unfinished; And the nursery…. well, the nursery is still non existent. \u00a0Even though thinking about this makes me a little sad, I stay in good spirits only because my trust is in my God- not in Caleb, not in contractors, not in laborers, or even myself. \u00a0I finally understand that I am not in control of my own life, and God knew when He created this life inside of me where we would be in regards to the progress on our house when the baby came. \u00a0Caleb and I finally became honest with ourselves and decided that instead of holding out for the house to be finished, we need to prepare for the arrival of our son. \u00a0We need to be ready when the time comes. \u00a0So, we rearranged our little room we’ve been staying in (Caleb’s sister’s room inside his parents’ house) and have given Ephraim his own corner of the room.<\/p>\n

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Ephraim's corner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s not ideal or even close to what I’ve imagined for my first baby’s arrival into the world, but it’s life. \u00a0I’ve chosen to accept it, and accept it with a good attitude. \u00a0We’re having a baby!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since Caleb is neglecting his blog, I’ve decided to update you all. \u00a0Now that all the framing is finally finished, (Caleb finished it about a week ago! yay!) we’ve moved on to plumbing. \u00a0Our contractor friend, has graciously recruited one of his employees to come over and guide Caleb through all the specifics of plumbing. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[70,15],"tags":[72,31,280],"class_list":["post-687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-projects","category-life","tag-baby","tag-encourage","tag-life"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5C2eY-b5","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}